Imagine the US Without California. Plenty of Californians Are: ‘BradCast’ 12/30/2016

AND Fake News vs Bad Journalism; Jeff Chang on Diversity

GUEST HOSTED BY ANGIE COIRO

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On today’s BradCast, I’m in for Brad again. We start by pick up where we left off yesterday, with another review of fake news – this time, contrasting it with lazy, bad, or mistaken news reports.

And – about that reported book contract a flamboyant neo-Nazi is crowing about: why it’s way too early to say, “We’re boycotting Simon & Schuster!”

Then Natalie Blake with the California National Party explains how a state can secede from the US (hint: more than one option here). This is NOT the same California independence group allied with Russia, although you’d never get that from most media.

And an excerpt from a live conversation with author and culture critic Jeff Chang. Kind of fun to hear the Executive Director of Stanford’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts explain how diversity is problematic.

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The BradCast with Brad Friedman 12/30/2016
Imagine the US Without California. Plenty of Californians Are: ‘BradCast’ 12/30/2016  |  AND Fake News vs Bad Journalism; Jeff Chang on Diversity  |  GUEST HOSTED BY ANGIE COIRO   · · · · ·   Imagine the US Without California. Plenty of Californians Are: ‘BradCast’ 12/30/2016  |  AND Fake News vs Bad Journalism; Jeff Chang on Diversity  |  GUEST HOSTED BY ANGIE COIRO
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    Nunyabiz1 said on 1/3/2017 @ 2:16pm PT: [Permalink]

    I have been saying this for years.
    California should secede and keep that 300 Billion in taxes for itself.

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